- Forty years ago, two metro Detroit friends vanished after heading Up North to hunt
- They never returned, launching a decadeslong mystery that focused on a ‘feral crew of hard-drinking brawlers’
- Two brothers were eventually convicted but bodies were never found. Police fear they were fed to pigs
Forty years ago last weekend, two buddies tossed their guns and gear into a truck and headed north during Michigan’s storied firearm deer season. The plan: Hang with friends, drink heavily, have some fun and maybe, as an afterthought, bag a buck.
No one has seen David Tyll, Brian Ognjan, their truck, guns or gear since.
The Detroit-area men weren’t the type to skip town. Ognan was a mechanic saving to propose to his girlfriend; Tyll was a machinist, recently married. Both were punctual employees. Raise some hell in a bar? Drink too much? Do stupid guy stuff? Sure. But not show up for work Monday morning without any contact?…